RE: God: No magic required
January 28, 2014 at 3:21 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2014 at 3:23 pm by lweisenthal.)
Hi Kitanetos ,
You say: "A mind that will accept something for which there is no evidence to support it is susceptible to all sorts of nonsense."
Here is the Wikipedia definition of yoga:
>>Yoga (Sanskrit: योग) is the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attain a state of permanent peace.[1][2] The term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, yujir yoga (to yoke) or yuj samādhau (to concentrate).[3] According to Yoga-Yajnavalkya, Yoga is the union of the individual psyche with the transcendental self.[4]<<
Do you consider the above to be consistent with physical reality, or more consistent with B.S.? What is the evidence that yoga unites the "individual psyche" with the "transcendental self?"
Yet you can go into virtually any 24 Hour Fitness or LA Fitness or Gold's Gym or whatever health club you can find, and there will be lines of yoga enthusiasts waiting for the next yoga class to start.
People do it because they try it and they find that they like it. The only thing that one needs to "accept" is that it meets a need or enriches a life or is simply something which is enjoyable to do. Again, religion can be carried to extremes and can be a destructive force, but so can red wine.
It is difficult to explain faith to someone who doesn't have it. I might use the analogy of explaining sight to a born blind person, but that would be just as gratuitous as comparing religion to palm reading, so I won't.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
You say: "A mind that will accept something for which there is no evidence to support it is susceptible to all sorts of nonsense."
Here is the Wikipedia definition of yoga:
>>Yoga (Sanskrit: योग) is the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attain a state of permanent peace.[1][2] The term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, yujir yoga (to yoke) or yuj samādhau (to concentrate).[3] According to Yoga-Yajnavalkya, Yoga is the union of the individual psyche with the transcendental self.[4]<<
Do you consider the above to be consistent with physical reality, or more consistent with B.S.? What is the evidence that yoga unites the "individual psyche" with the "transcendental self?"
Yet you can go into virtually any 24 Hour Fitness or LA Fitness or Gold's Gym or whatever health club you can find, and there will be lines of yoga enthusiasts waiting for the next yoga class to start.
People do it because they try it and they find that they like it. The only thing that one needs to "accept" is that it meets a need or enriches a life or is simply something which is enjoyable to do. Again, religion can be carried to extremes and can be a destructive force, but so can red wine.
It is difficult to explain faith to someone who doesn't have it. I might use the analogy of explaining sight to a born blind person, but that would be just as gratuitous as comparing religion to palm reading, so I won't.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
